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Environment variables

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enhancement Feature: Configuration
Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

Requested by users to have, as CMake Tools does, a setting for environment variables.
This would be an alternative to preconfigure script.
Maybe also per configuration or only global...

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Review the existing preconfigure script support and configuration handling first, then determine how environment variables should be configured and whether they are global or per configuration. Done means the setting's scope and behavior are defined and supported consistently.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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